http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/ EPA's Risk Management Research develops ways to prevent and reduce pollution of air, land, and water, and to restore ecosystems. en-us 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Public Domain. westerman.debbie@epa.gov Fri, 01 Aug 2008 7:00:00 EST Fri, 01 Aug 2008 7:00:00 EST News 20 http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/itunespodcast.jpg The latest risk management research news at EPA. clean no EPA, risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, air, pollution, prevention, control, environmental, technology, verification, ground water, ecosystems restoration, land remediation, water supply, water resources, highlights, news, metal-laden, wastewater, ecosystem, land remediation, sustainability, media, podcast http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082008.mp3 Wherever national scientific conferences and trade shows are held, EPA is there, thanks to a popular outreach program managed by NRMRL technical communication specialists. Sue White General Fri, 01 Aug 2008 7:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, technical communications, outreach staff, scientific conference http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072008.mp3 EPA researchers have developed an advanced hydraulic fracturing technology to help remediate subsoil contaminants. Sue White Sustainability Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, sustainability, Stella, Missouri, revitalization http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062008.mp3 EPA researchers have developed an advanced hydraulic fracturing technology to help remediate subsoil contaminants. Sue White Water Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, subsurface pollutants, ground water, aerobic bioremediation, microorganisms, SOS, encapsulated sodium percarbonate, hydraulic fracturing, MTBE, toluene, compound fracture, BTEX http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news052008.mp3 NRMRL's swales research at the Urban Watershed Research Facility in Edison, New Jersey, helps communities safely route stormwater runoff and reduce runoff-carried pollutants. Sue White Sustainability Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news052008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, water researchers, stormwater management, swales research, Edison, New Jersey, green, low-cost drainage option http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news042008.mp3 This April 19, EPA Cincinnati’s Office of Public Affairs will partner with the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition to present Earth Day as a major community event. Sue White Sustainability Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news042008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, Earth Day, Pandy Pollution, mascot, Ohio River, Cincinnati, earth coalition exhibits, exhibitors http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news032008.mp3 Scientists from EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory will participate in the 2008 EPA Science Forum in Washington, DC, to highlight the role of innovative technologies in an expanding and sustainable economy. Sue White Sustainability Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news032008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, sustainability, 2008 Science Forum, innovative technologies, sustainable economy, Energy, Climate, and the Environment, Technology Advances, Water Systems Infrastructure and Security http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news022008.mp3 The Water Resource Adaption Program (WRAP) studies long-term effects of global climate change on U.S. water resources. Sue White Water Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news022008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, water, Water Resource Adaptation Program (WRAP), Global Climate Effects, climate changes, reuse of wastewater, Remediation of saltwater, saltwater intrusion, ground water sources http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news012008.mp3 When the federal rule limiting arsenic in drinking water was revised in 2001 to 10 parts per billion, it challenged nearly all small U.S. water systems (those serving 10,000 or fewer people) to find cost-effective ways to meet the new standards. Sue White Water Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news012008.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, water, Arsenic Removal, Arsenic Removal Technology Demonstration Program, drinking water, Climax, Minnesota http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news122007.mp3 A new EPA water research partnership was formed during the 2007 Clean Water Partnership Summit, held recently at National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) headquarters in Cincinnati. Sue White Water Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news122007.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, water, aging water infrastructure, old pipes, drinking water http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news112007.mp3 America's drinking and wastewater infrastructure is aging and the costs and environmental risks due to failure are sobering. Some 240,000 drinking water mains break each year costing billions in lost water. Sue White Water Tues, 06 Nov 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news112007.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, water, aging water infrastructure, old pipes, drinking water http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news102007.mp3 During a heavy rainfall, the impervious surfaces of urban environments-roadways, rooftops, and sidewalks-generate excess storm water runoff that can cause a long list of negative environmental impacts. Sue White Sustainability Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news102007.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, sustainability http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news092007.mp3 "Stuff grows on pipes." That’s how one drinking water expert sums up the National Risk Management Research Laboratory’s (NRMRL’s) innovative research into the pipe-wall dynamics of the distribution systems that carry finished water from treatment plant to consumer tap. Sue White Water Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news092007.mp3 risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research & Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, drinking water, distribution systems, treatment plants, DSS, source water http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082007.mp3 The ability to spin straw into gold in the Grimm Brothers fairy tale may be fantasy, but the ability of National Risk Management Research Laboratories (NRMRL) scientists to extract market-ready metals and sulfur while cleaning up contaminated wastewaters is a reality. Sue White Sustainability Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082007.mp3 Sustainability, EPA, NRMRL, EPA Best Management Practices, Wastewater Purification Process, Market-Grade Metals, Sulfur, sustainable engineering technologists, Berkeley Mine Wastewater Pit http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072007.mp3 Modern landfills are complicated and costly structures. Closely regulated by state and federal statutes, they are designed to protect buried trash from contact with air, light, and water. This “dry tomb” technology relies on various systems of liners and surface capping using clay, plastic membranes, or both. Sue White Land Fri, 29 June 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072007.mp3 Land, EPA, NRMRL, EPA Best Management Practices, landfills, surface capping, plastic membranes, impermeable landfill covers, Alternative Cover Assessment Program, ACAP, water balance, vegetative caps, water-holding capacity http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062007.mp3 The intersection of technology, economics, and environment in modern societies has often created long-term results that are intuitively unknowable. Consider, for example, the fuel-based technologies that have positively transformed U.S. and global economies, but whose negative environmental effects are still not fully understood after generations of use. Sue White Sustainability Tues, 1 May 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062007.mp3 Water, EPA, NRMRL, EPA Best Management Practices, watershed streams, pollutants, stressors, waterborne pollutants, BMPs, The Experimental Stream Facility, mesocosms, ESF, Waterborne Pathogens in Urban Watersheds http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news052007.mp3 Reducing the loading of “stressors” (pollutants) on watershed streams and lakes is the concern of a broad range of environmental stakeholders, including local and state governments, utilities, farm collectives, construction firms, and even homeowners. Sue White Water Tues, 1 May 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news052007.mp3 Water, EPA, NRMRL, EPA Best Management Practices, watershed streams, pollutants, stressors, waterborne pollutants, BMPs, The Experimental Stream Facility, mesocosms, ESF, Waterborne Pathogens in Urban Watersheds http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news042007.mp3 Innovative NRMRL researchers who specialize in "greener" chemistry approaches are focusing on nanotechnology, a method that allows materials to be developed at the nanoscale, i.e., at one-billionth the size. Sue White Sustainability Sun, 1 Apr 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news042007.mp3 sustainability, nanotechnology, green chemistry, nanoparticles, catalytic reactions, nanostructured catalyst process http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news032007.mp3 Water quality researchers have long been aware that Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite, is present in many of the U.S. lakes and rivers that supply public drinking water. Sue White Water Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news032007.mp3 ground water, water supply, water resources, highlights, news, contaminated groundwater, Cryptosporidium, protozoan parasite, Giardia http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news022007.mp3 NRMRL hydrologists are pioneering the measurement of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes to determine the age (that is, the residence time) of ground water in support of watershed contamination studies. Sue White Water Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news022007.mp3 ground water, water supply, water resources, highlights, news, contaminated groundwater, 85Kr, isotope hydrologists, tritium, radioactive isotopes http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news012007.mp3 Perchlorate is a toxic chemical compound whose widespread contamination of U.S. groundwaters became recognized in the late 1990s with the introduction of new detection methods. Sue White Water Mon, 1 Jan 2007 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news012007.mp3 ground water, water supply, water resources, highlights, news, contaminated groundwater, Perchlorate, salt waste solution, biological water treatments, continuous-flow membrane biofilm reactor http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news122006.mp3 The boom-and-bust history of early western mining towns is well preserved in American folklore and song. Unfortunately, that colorful legacy has a darker side that can be seen today in hundreds of abandoned non-coal mines whose metal-laden wastewaters contaminate the delicate ecosystems of the west and pollute thousands of downstream creeks and rivers. Sue White Water Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news122006.mp3 Drinking Water, disinfection byproducts, DBPs, Safe Delivery of Drinking Water, water distribution systems, lead, drinking water system, chloramine, chlorine treatment, chloramine treatment, Pegasus Environmental Services, Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, vadose zone monitoring, phytoremediation, drip and micro-sprinkler irrigation, soil-aquifer treatment, lead http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news112006.mp3 The U.S. enjoys one of the world’s highest standards of drinking water, but EPA water researchers are always alert to new risks of contamination, whether at the point of treatment or in the distribution systems that carry finished water to the consumer. Sue White Water Mon, 6 Nov 2006 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news112006.mp3 Drinking Water, disinfection byproducts, DBPs, Safe Delivery of Drinking Water, water distribution systems, lead, drinking water system, chloramine, chlorine treatment, chloramine treatment, Pegasus Environmental Services, Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, vadose zone monitoring, phytoremediation, drip and micro-sprinkler irrigation, soil-aquifer treatment, lead http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news102006.mp3 More than 1000 fungal species (molds) have been found in U.S. homes. Of these, only a small number are currently implicated in adverse human health effects. Sue White Air Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:03:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news102006.mp3 air, pollution, prevention, control, environmental, technology, verification, ground water, ecosystems restoration, land remediation, water supply, water resources, highlights, events, news, report, brochure, mold, molds, fungal soecies, fungus, fungi, Stachybotrys chartarum, Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus versicolor, Cladosporium spp, pulmonary hemorrhage, suspect molds, indoor environments, infant pulmonary hemorrhage, polymerase chain reaction,PCR, genetic sequencing technique,Escherichia coli, E. coli http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news092006.mp3 NRMRL researchers recently collaborated with community officials in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to test an experimental method for asbestos removal from several abandoned buildings at a nearby U.S. Army base. Sue White Air Fri, 6 Sep 2006 08:31:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news092006.mp3 health concern, risk management, risk assessment, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, research, progress, goals, collaborations, publications, related links, research products, contaminant, contaminants, asbestos, health risk, health risks, asbestos-related health risk, asbestos-related health risks, experimental method, experimental methods, asbestos removal, alternative asbestos control method, AACM, Fort Chaffee, Fort Smith, EPA regulation http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082006.mp3 Two NRMRL researcher inventions were recently selected for exhibition at the World’s Best Technologies Showcase in Arlington, Texas. This annual program highlights stellar technologies developed by government laboratories, universities, and research institutions, with the goal of helping speed them to the marketplace. Sue White Water Fri, 6 Sep 2006 08:30:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news082006.mp3 technologies, inventions, marketable technologies, patented technologies, commercial development, market-ready federal research products, market-ready products, close to market, economic alternatives, large potential market, pump-and-treat, bioremediation http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072006.mp3 Creeks and streams that are scoured by storm water runoff in remote areas of the western U.S. may develop into wild and beautiful landscapes. But when storm waters degrade streams in densely populated urban areas, the results are likely to be deteriorated neighborhood esthetics and polluted recreational areas. Sue White Water Fri, 6 Sep 2006 08:29:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news072006.mp3 EPA, risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research and Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, air, pollution, prevention, control, environmental, technology, verification, ground water, ecosystems restoration, land remediation, water supply, water resources, highlights http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062006.mp3 From an air quality perspective, a municipality might be defined as a body of land surrounded by pollution emissions. These may arise from single sources such as smokestacks or from 'wide-area' sources such as solid waste landfills. Sue White Air Fri, 6 Sep 2006 08:28:03 EST http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/podcast/news062006.mp3 EPA, risk management, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, NRMRL, Office of Research and Development, ORD, Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, air, pollution, prevention, control, environmental, technology, verification, ground water, ecosystems restoration, land remediation, water supply, water resources, highlights